Erhm...it's very easy to use an extremely long weapon to thrust effectively at close range without spinning.
Chamber thrust, turn to the right slightly, release, turn left again while the weapon is extended (towards the guy you want to hit), bam, full damage. The point doesn't hit them, the side of the weapon does, but that doesn't seem to matter.
I call it "the swoop", it works with 2h weapons, polearms, but not 1h weapons.
It kinda works with 1handers too, it's just slower and shorter, epic damage though.. has destroyed me many a time at face hugging range due to the 'swoop' technique as you call it.
Don't think this should be removed though, all you gotta do is block.. If anything you have more time to block it than a normal stab because they're going through this ritual of spinning around in circles.
& yes, lolspin with the pike, or swoop technique, whatever it's called can stab at point blank range. This is not unbalanced though, if you can't down block & up block you failz, & you just died to a pike man .. I bet he lol'd
so yes, you can spin into almost any stab at point blank range and cause full damage. But if you can block, this shouldn't really bother you too much. btw I use a katana & a nodachi, so I don't think I gain very much from the lolspin, just trying to be unbiased.
ALL MY OPINION, so everyone can screw off with these "Video or it didn't happen" retorts.
Hmm seems I'm repeating what everyone else said so eloquently before me, ma bad.